Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in zoology from the University of Reading and a master’s in wildlife documentary production from the University of Salford. Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in ...

(NEXSTAR) — You may have been on a hike in, say, one of America’s national parks and seen bountiful nature — tall sequoias, dazzling waterfalls, a breathtaking valley of flowers. And then you come ...

Are you a rock-stacker? Or are you a rock-stack knocker? The opinion piece, “Stop the Rock-Stacking” on the High Country News website is getting a lot of opinions. Some people get really worked up on ...

Rangers at Yosemite National Park have asked hikers not to stack up rocks to create their own cairns, and to dismantle ones made by other park visitors. The National Park Service (NPS) posted the ...

Shauna and Toby Barnett enjoy paddling the Buffalo River and, during stops along the way, like to stack river stones. During a recent trip the couple managed to build a stone "cairn" nearly 5 feet ...